In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio.

When you deal with a film that takes place in Europe, and you're going to work in English, you'd better work with European actors.

I think I've done pretty well. I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards, so I don't have any complaints.

I think you get better as you get older.

Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.

Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film.

In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio.